http://www.centralcarolinascale.com/blog Blog about scales and weighing equipment Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:07:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Since everyone is so afraid to say it this year, I figured I would title the entry Merry Christmas.  Oh, I said it again.  I hope I don't offend anyone.  Who am I kidding?  I hope that I do offend some people.  This idea that we can only say Happy ... http://www.centralcarolinascale.com/blog/2008/12/23/merry-christmas-2/ November 11 2008 Special Announcement: Due to the high volume of items purchased from Central Carolina Scale and our suppliers on a daily basis, we are one of the top OEM suppliers of name branded load cells in the USA market. Central Carolina Scale is also an excellent and highly competitive source for ... http://www.centralcarolinascale.com/blog/2008/11/11/replacement-load-cells-in-stock-for-most-brands-of-scales/ Need odd sized floor scales for unique applications or to fit an existing pit without modifying it? Have special loading requirements? Point loading? Let us quote and design a custom floor scale for you or your customer! Due to the unique engineering and manufacturing capability at our suppliers facility in Terre Haute, Indiana; ... http://www.centralcarolinascale.com/blog/2008/11/11/custom-sized-floor-scales-manufactured/ With a recent NTEP approval for the 10 lb through 100 lb model and approved for 5,000 divisions, the Digi DC-788 Series Counting Scale from Rice Lake Weighing Systems® is ready to weigh products sold by weight. This makes the DC-788 one of the most versatile scales on the market. ... http://www.centralcarolinascale.com/blog/2008/11/10/digi-dc-788-series-counting-scale-ntep-approved/ It has almost become comical when we stop and take a few moments to look around the internet at all the different floor scales that are available. Sometimes, it is even funnier when we notice all the floor scale "experts" positioned throughout the internet that are selling the floor scales. It's really ... http://www.centralcarolinascale.com/blog/2008/11/03/you-want-some-fries-with-that-floor-scale/ Got an email this week and thought I'd pass this on: A veteran is someone who, at one point in his/her life, wrote a blank check made payable to The United States of America for an amount of up to and including their life. That is Honor and there are way too many ... http://www.centralcarolinascale.com/blog/2008/10/28/lets-not-forget-this/ Many people go and visit their State Fair this time of year.  I'm no exception.  What a fun way to spend a day.  When you do go and visit, you probably will notice the many displays set up who will guess your weight, your birth month or your age.  Seems like they ... http://www.centralcarolinascale.com/blog/2008/10/20/let-me-guess-your-age-birth-month-or-your-weight/ Here is our email winner so far this October... Once upon a time in a village, a man appeared and announced to the villagers that he would buy monkeys for $10 each. The villagers seeing that there were many monkeys around, went out to the forest, and started catching them. The man bought thousands at ... http://www.centralcarolinascale.com/blog/2008/10/09/october-mailbag/ It's a sure sign you're getting older when you're more concerned about making sure the rental chairbacks are properly added to your bleacher seats for the football game, than how well your football team is going to play on gameday.  What am I becoming? I know that I try to keep ... http://www.centralcarolinascale.com/blog/2008/09/21/chairbacks-and-scheduling/ I have a feeling we will continue to get more "informative" emails like this one below in the months ahead.  I'm sure they will be "informing" us about the shortcomings of both sides too.  Here is the best email received so far, early on, here in September: • You couldn't get a job at ... http://www.centralcarolinascale.com/blog/2008/09/05/september-emailbag/